Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-08-04
AUDUBON

Mrs. Atkinson, OF Manchester, met
burglar face to face. He had his hands
full of articles collected, but dropped
them and at once decampcd.
Dubuque and Maquoketa people are
talking up railroad, to start at the
former and run through the latter place,
with Kansas City an objective point
Boys at play set fire to barn in the
:hiclly settled part of Clinton July 81.
The Babtist church and four residences
were destroyed. and numerous barns,
sheds, and six other houses daddy damaged.
Tho loss is over SEQ, 900.
The Central Iowa reorganization
committee reports that three quarters of
the junior securities and half Of the first
mortgage bonds have been deposited
under that plan. President Stickncy, of
the Central Iowa, is quoted as saying
that If the present plan fails he will build
branches Of the Minnesota s. Northwest.
ern road to control Iowa territory
A second samputation Of the arm Of
Frank Harlock, the young man who got
under the wheels Of Chicago s. North.
western freight car, at Cedar Rapids,
about ten days ago, was found necessary
owing to the bruised condition of the arm
near the shoulder. He will hardly
recover.
Michael Shanagan swan the Mississippi
river at Burlington and attempted to swim
back again, but went down in the middle
of the stream and has not since been
heard from. He was simple. minded. but
a good swimmer
The Osceola Sentinel says that II is
rumored that work will be commenced on
the double trace of the Q. at WOODBURY.
within week. and thence westward. A
force Of from one to two hundred men
will be put on. The officials of the special
train last week, told the Murray people
the road would cxpend about two hundred
thousand dollars there and eastward.
Over 500 head of cattle have been sent
west from Monona.
Grasshoppers are doing more damage
at Hew Hampton than chinch bugs
AT Vinton little girl three or four
years old was playing about a pump,
and stepped on the end of loose board,
which covered the well, which tipped
and let her down into twenty foot well.
Like most of the wells there was not
great deal of water. Strange to say the
little girl was only slightly hurt
An itincrant vendor of spectacles,
Prof" Strasman, now working Ottum-
wa, was compelled by the President of
the State Pharmacy Commission to pay
a 500 license for the privilege of work
ing in this State.
A Hubbard special, July 90 says. Mil
ton Crosser heard an awful rumbling
sound, and at first he was not little
alarmed at it, but presently he saw the
water rushing down the south fork of
the Iowa river at a great speed at the
depth of six inches. His cows were lying
in the bed of the river, and when the
water came rushing against them they
stampeded Now the question arises
what caused 1t to break forth from the
hillsf II must have been large spring
of water, for we understand that the
country along the river is springy one. 1t
is God send, as the river was dry and
now it is running with water about six
inches deep. This is true story and il
happened as is above stated. 1t is vouch-
ed for by witnesses whose word is as good
as their bond.
John Stewart, of Four Mile township,
near Altoona, brought home some corn
meal. AS it was little late his wife con-
Guided she would not bake bread out of it
for supper, and told him to give the chick.
a feed out of it. lie did so, and the fol-
lowing morning he gathered up forty
three dead chickens 1t is not known
what was in the meal, but the matter
will be looked into.
An engine of the Central Iowa ran
into an engine of the Wabash road at
the junction near Kirkyille, July 81. scri-
ously damaging both engines. Engineer
Peck of the Wabash. had his arm broken
The accident was occasioned by the care
lessncss of brakeman who left switch
open.
Fred Horn, of Davenport, has mys-
teriously disappeared in Chicago, nothing
having been heard from him since the
llIh inst.
Julius Vincent an employee of the Santa
Fe road, was drowned while bathing near
the first pier on the Iowa shore, at Fit.
Madison, July 30.
The contract for building the Illinois
Central line from Cherokee TO Sioux Falls
has been let G. P. Treat, of Chicago, got
the grading and J. d. Needham, of
Dubuque got the bridging. The line is
ninety six miles long and is to be com
pleted in sixty days
The Transportation Committee Of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F.. to-
day announces that the grand official
route from Chicago to Denver and return
In September will be CHICAGO, Rock
ISLAND & PACIFIC RY, Kansas City to
Denver returning via Burlington Route,
Denver to Chicago. Official train will
leave Chicago for Denver at Q p. NJ,
Wednesday, September 14th.